Figure skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Main article: Figure skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics

The number of entries for the figure skating events at the Winter Olympic is determined by quotas set by the International Olympic Committee. A total of 142 quota spots were available to athletes to compete in the figure skating events at the 2026 Winter Olympics. There were 29 spots allotted each in men's and women's singles, 19 in pair skating, and 23 in ice dance. Additionally, ten nations qualified for the team event. There is no individual athlete qualification to the Olympics; the choice of whom to send to the Olympic Games is at the discretion of each country's National Olympic Committee. Each National Olympic Committee could enter a maximum of 18 skaters, with a maximum of nine men or nine women. According to guidelines established by the International Skating Union, nations had to select skaters and teams who have achieved a minimum total elements score (TES) at an ISU-recognized international competition on or before 26 January 2026. ^[1]

Qualification of nations

Countries will be able to qualify entries to the 2026 Winter Olympics in two ways. Most spots are allocated based on the results of the 2025 World Championships. At the event, countries will be able to qualify up to three entries in each discipline according to the following system which differs slightly from the qualification to the 2026 World Championships. According to ISU rule 400, nations cannot directly qualify more quotas than are entered, and only entries that perform in the free skate are considered. ^[2] Every discipline qualifies independently.

At the World Championships, the system is as follows:

Number of skaters/teams in free skate at Worlds	To earn 3 entries directly to the Olympics	To earn 2 entries directly to the Olympics	To earn 1 extra entry to September qualifying competition	To earn 1 entry directly to the Olympics
1			Finish in top ten [a]	Be ranked high enough among single entries within qualifying limits of competition
2		Total placements is equal to or less than 28	Total placements is equal to or less than 13
3	Top two placements is equal to or less than 13	Top two placements is equal to or less than 28

• According to the ISU's Rule 378(2), any competitor who qualified for the free program received a maximum placement score of 16, and any competitor who failed to qualify for the free program received a maximum placement score of 18. ^[2]

1. NOC could also have a second skater not in the free skate where the placement total does not exceed 28.

Qualification spots available per tournament

The results of the 2025 World Championships will determine 83 total spots: 24 entries in each singles discipline, 16 in pairs, and 19 in ice dance. The available spots will be awarded going down the results list, with multiple spots being awarded first.

The remainder of the spots will be filled at an ISU Qualifying Competition in Beijing, China in late September 2025. Countries that had already earned an entry to the Olympics will not be allowed to qualify additional entries at this final qualifying competition. However, if a country earned two or three spots at the World Championships, but did not have two or three skaters, respectively, qualify for the free skate, then they were allowed to send a skater who did not reach the free segment at World Championships to the competition to qualify the remaining spot(s). Unlike at the World Championships, where countries could qualify more than one spot depending on the placement of their skater(s), at the Qualifying Competition, countries could earn only one spot per discipline, regardless of ranking. The ISU has decided that 6 politically evaluated and screened skaters from Russia and 6 from Belarus can qualify as Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN), and only from the final qualifying competition. Accordingly they will only be able to qualify one quota per discipline and will not be eligible for the team event. ^[3]

If a country declines to use one or more of its qualified spots, the vacated spot is awarded using the results of the ISU competition in descending order of placement.

For the team trophy, scores from the 2025 World Figure Skating Championships and the 2025–26 Grand Prix season, will be tabulated to establish the ten top nations. Each nation compiles a score from their top performers in each of the four disciplines. The Grand Prix Final, taking place in early December 2025, will be the final event to affect the team event score.

Qualification timeline

Event	Date	Venue
2025 World Figure Skating Championships	26–30 March 2025	Boston, Massachusetts, United States
ISU Skate to Milano	19–21 September 2025	Beijing, China

Qualified countries

Number of qualified skaters or teams per nation ^{[4] [5]}

Nations	Men's singles	Women's singles	Pairs	Ice dance	Team event	Add.	Skater(s)
Armenia			1				2
Australia			1	1			4
Austria		1					1
Azerbaijan	1						1
Belgium		2					2
Bulgaria		1					1
Canada	1	1	2	3			12
China	1	1	1	1			6
Czech Republic				2			4
Estonia	1	1					2
Finland		1		1			3
France	2	1	1	2			9
Georgia	1	1	1	1			6
Germany			2	1			6
Great Britain		1	1	2		1	8
Hungary			1				2
Individual Neutral Athletes	1	2					3
Israel		1					1
Italy	2	1	2	1			9
Japan	3	3	2			2	10
Kazakhstan	1	1					2
Latvia	2						2
Lithuania		1		1			3
Mexico	1						1
Netherlands			1				2
Poland	1	1	1			2	6
Romania		1					1
Slovakia	1						1
South Korea	2	2		1			6
Spain	1			2			5
Sweden	1			1			3
Switzerland	1	2					3
Chinese Taipei	1						1
Ukraine	1						1
United States	3	3	2	3			16
Total: 35 NOCs	29	29	19	23	10 teams	5	147

Qualification summary

Men's singles

Event	Athletes per NOC	Qualifying NOCs	Total
2025 World Championships	3	United States   Japan	24 [4]
	2	France [a]   Italy   Latvia
	1	Kazakhstan [a]   South Korea [a]   Georgia [a]   Switzerland   Canada   Azerbaijan   Slovakia   Sweden   China   Estonia   Spain   Poland
Skate to Milano	1	Individual Neutral Athletes   South Korea   Mexico   Ukraine   Chinese Taipei	5
Total			29

1. This country was also eligible to enter a skater at the Skate to Milano competition to compete for an additional quota spot.

Women's singles

Event	Athletes per NOC	Qualifying NOCs	Total
2025 World Championships	3	United States   Japan	24 [4]
	2	South Korea   Switzerland
	1	Belgium [a]   Estonia [a]   Canada   Italy   Kazakhstan   France   Israel   Austria   Finland   Romania   Poland   Bulgaria   Great Britain   Lithuania
Skate to Milano	1	Individual Neutral Athletes   Georgia   Belgium   Individual Neutral Athletes   China	5
Total			29

1. This country was also eligible to enter a skater at the Skate to Milano competition to compete for an additional quota spot.

Pairs

Event	Teams per NOC	Qualifying NOCs	Total teams
2025 World Championships	3	—N/a	15 [4]
	2	Canada   Italy   Germany   United States
	1	Japan   Georgia   Australia   Hungary   Uzbekistan   Great Britain   Poland   Netherlands
Skate to Milano	1	China   Armenia   Japan	4
Skate to Milano – Reallocation		France [6]
Total			19

Ice dance

Event	Athletes per NOC	Qualifying NOCs	Total
2025 World Championships	3	Canada   United States	18 [4]
	2	Czech Republic   Finland   France   Great Britain
	1	Finland [7]   Italy [a]   Spain [a]   Georgia [a]   Germany   South Korea
Skate to Milano	1	Lithuania   Australia   Spain   China	5 [8]
Skate to Milano – Reallocation		Sweden [8]
Total			23

1. This country was also eligible to enter a team at the Skate to Milano competition to compete for an additional quota spot.

Team event

The top ten eligible National Olympic Committees (NOCs) qualify for the Olympic games. NOCs are ranked according to their results in two seasons. For 2024–25 the results from the 2025 World Figure Skating Championships are given a score. If needed the continental competitions (2025 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, 2025 European Figure Skating Championships) or the 2025 World Junior Figure Skating Championships scores can be used. For the 2025–26 season the 2025–26 Grand Prix is used, or if needed scores from the Junior Grand Prix individual events can be used. ^[1]

To be eligible for the team event a NOC must have already qualified in at least three out of four disciplines competed at the Olympics. A check mark indicates the NOC has a qualified entry in that discipline. ^[4] Point totals are taken from 'Annex A' in the qualification rules. ^[1] NOCs ranked in the top ten, and only having three disciplines qualified, are eligible for an additional quota. The maximum number of skaters to be given in additional quotas is five, distributed in order of the NOCs total score.

Only eligible NOCs are listed. Final totals and allocations of additional quotas were confirmed on 10 December 2025.

Qualification for figure skating team event ^[5]

Pl.	Nation	M	W	P	D	Total
1	United States					7069
2	Japan				[a]	6027
3	Italy					4606
4	Canada					4231
5	Georgia					4106
6	France					3829
7	Great Britain	[b]				2671
8	South Korea					2171
9	China					2132
10	Poland				[c]	776

Notes

1. Although Japan did not qualify an ice dance team for the team event, they were able to use two additional athlete quotas in order to complete their team.
2. Although Great Britain did not qualify a men's singles skater for the team event, they were able to use an additional athlete quota in order to complete their team.
3. Although Poland did not qualify an ice dance team for the team event, they were able to use two additional athlete quotas in order to complete their team. ^[9]

Next eligible NOCs per discipline

If a country rejects a quota spot, then additional quotas become available. A country can be eligible for one quota spot per event in the reallocation process. Countries in bold indicate the country later received a quota spot. The following list was compiled after the remaining spots were allocated at the ISU Skate to Milano. ^[10] Countries marked in bold with a ● have accepted a reallocated quota.

Men's singles	Women's singles	Pairs	Ice dance
Monaco   France   Czech Republic   Germany   Israel	Cyprus   Norway   Estonia   Sweden   New Zealand	France ●   Ukraine   United States   Czech Republic   Iceland	Sweden ●   Hungary   Japan   Italy   Ireland

References

1. "Qualification System – XXV Olympic Winter Games – Milano Cortina 2026" (PDF). International Skating Union. January 29, 2025.
2. "International Skating Union: Special Regulations & Technical Rules – Single & Pair Skating and Ice Dance 2024" (PDF). International Skating Union. November 2024.
3. "ISU decision concerning the participation of limited number of Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN) at Olympic Qualification Events under strict conditions". 20 December 2024. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
4. "Communication No. 2696: Entries/Participation 2026 Olympic Winter Games (OWG) Single & Pair Skating and Ice Dance" (PDF). International Skating Union. 4 April 2025. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
5. "Communication No. 2754" (PDF). isu.org. 10 December 2025. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
6. Penicaud, Céline. "JO de Milano Cortina 2026 : Camille et Pavel Kovalev participeront aussi à l'épreuve de couples en patinage artistique". Olympics.com. Olympics.com. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
7. "Suomi luopui jäätanssin toisesta olympiapaikasta – Oriharaa ja Piristä ei nähdä Milanossa" [Finland gave up its second Olympic spot in ice dancing – Orihara and Pirin will not be seen in Milan] (in Finnish). December 3, 2025.
8. "Svensk OS-kvotplats i isdans – en historisk milstolpe" [Swedish Olympic quota place in ice dancing – a historical milestone] (in Swedish). December 3, 2025.
9. "Polska wystawi pełną drużynę podczas Zimowych Igrzysk Olimpijskich Mediolan-Cortina 2026" [Poland will field a full team at the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games.]. Polskiego Związku Łyżwiarstwa Figurowego (Polish Figure Skating Association) (in Polish). January 26, 2026.
10. Jae-youl Kim; Colin Smith (September 24, 2025). "Communication No. 2741: Olympic Winter Games 2026 – Entries/Participation Single & Pair Skating and Ice Dance" (PDF). International Skating Union . Retrieved September 24, 2025.